The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Defensin, beta 1 across different species:

defensin, beta 1 (DEFB1), defensin beta 1 (Defb1), gallinacin 1 (GAL1), beta-defensin 1 (RHBD-1)

Other aliases include:

BD1, HBD1, DEFB-1, DEFB101, MGC51822, mBD-1, AW260221, DEFB1, MGC140110, GAL3, GAL1, DEFB1-like, RHBD-1, Defb1, CBD1

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Defensin, beta 1:

defensin, beta 1 – beta-defensin-1 – beta-defensin 1 – OTTMUSP00000021573 – BD-1 – rBD-1 – defensin, beta 1 (enteric) – enteric prepro-beta-defensin – gallinacin-3 – beta-defensin 3 – antimicrobial peptide-3 – beta-defensin prepropeptide – gallinacin 1 – Gal 1 – Gal 1-alpha – antimicrobial peptide 1 – defensin beta 1-like – beta defensin-1 homolog

Defensin, beta 1 fulfills a number of functions:

G-protein coupled receptor protein signaling pathway – chemotaxis – defense response to bacterium – innate immune response

Defensin, beta 1 is relevant to the following processes:

extracellular region – defense response – defense response to bacterium – innate immune response – response to bacterium – defense response to fungus – killing of cells of another organism

Locations for Defensin, beta 1:

extracellular region

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology